- Resolving Arnold Part 1 by Martin Kottmeyer The 50th anniversary of the flying saucer phenomenon is upon us, and thoughts time-warp back to the case that started it all, Kenneth Arnold's sighting of nine objects speeding by Mount Rainier on a sunny June afternoon. At the time it was a sensation which made the front page of newspapers across the nation. Faster than any airplane of the era, ...www.reall.org/newsletter/v05/n06/resolving-arnold-part-1.html